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The Passing Away of Bapu

1) Who is the author of the text The Passing Away of Bapu?

2) Nayantara Sehgal is one of the first female Indian writers in which language to receive wide recognition?

3) For which novel did Nayantara Sehgal win the Sahitya Academy award in 1986?

4) The Passing Away of Bapu is an extract from which of Nayantara Sehgals memoirs?

5) The text describes the collective grief of the nation at the passing away of whom?

6) On what date was the author called to Birla House?

7) How did the author learn about the news of Gandhiji?

8) Gandhiji had been shot on his way to...

9) How did the author feel as she got into the car to go to Birla House?

10) How had the words of Bapujis death spread through Delhi?

11) What could be seen out of every window at Birla House?

12) What was the initial reaction of the stunned people?

13) What did the people do *later*, after the initial unnatural silence?

14) Why did the crowd jostle one another in a stampede?

15) What announcement calmed the crowd a little?

16) What question was uppermost in the mind of the mourning people?

17) The broadcast on the radio announced that...

18) When was Gandhijis funeral scheduled to take place?

19) Who spoke for everyone, saying we will walk?

20) Who was Padmasi?

21) How was Bapus body carried during the funeral procession?

22) What were thousands of weeping people trying to do during the walk?

23) The author realized walking with Bapu had a ... for the people.

24) What did Bapus slight figure carry in his hand while walking?

25) According to the author, to walk is to...

26) According to the text, what was often the only way open to the average Indian?

27) Gandhiji transformed the commonplace necessity of walking into a...

28) Where were Gandhijis ashes taken by a special train?

29) How was the train compartment carrying the ashes decorated?

30) What did people on the train to Allahabad do?

31) Why did people on the train not weep anymore?

32) Where were Bapus ashes finally immersed?

33) After the immersion, where did the author and others return?

34) How did the author feel upon returning to Delhi?

35) The author felt she had grown up within a...

36) With Bapus death, the author felt the magic circle had...

37) What did Bapu awaken people to one anothers?